Cooking attachment for open fire-places



(No Model.)

J1 KOTZUM.

COOKING-ATTACHMENT POR OPEN PIRE PLAGES.

No. 307,963. l Patented Nov, 11, 1884.

WITNBSSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE,

JOSEPH KOTZUM, OF OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI.

COOKING ATTACHMENT FOR OPl-'TN FIRE-PLACES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,963, dated November l1, 188e.

Application filed February 27, 1884. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH KoTzUM, of Ocean Springs, county of Jackson, State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking Attachments to Open Fire-Places, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved cook= ing attachment to open fire-places, which can be moved entirely out of the way after use; and it consists of a vertically-adjustable folding bracket which carries at its outer end aring for supporting avessel above the fire, the bracket being attached to a xed vertical rod at one side of the nre-place. Above the joint of the folding bracketis arranged a disk, which serves as a support for the vessel after removing it from the fire.

In the accompanying` drawings, Figure l represents a front elevation of an open re place with--n1yimproved cooking attachment, the latter beingshown in partly vertical section. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same partly in horizontal section, and Fig. 3 is a side eleva tion of the cooking attachment, showing it folded up.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, a is an iron rod, of round or other cross -section, that is supported in vertical position in socket-bearings a, which are attached to one side of the fire-place or 1nantel-piece. Thevertical supporting-rod a turns on its axis in said socket-bearings c. A horizontal bracket, b, is guided by sleeves b on the rod, and secured rigidly to the same at the required height by a clamp-screw, b2. The bracket b is made of two folding arms, which are connected by a pivot-joint, d. The

outer end of the folding arm e is provided with a ring, f, for supporting a cookingfvessel. A number of concentric rings, f, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,) may be arranged in side of the ring f, so that vessels of different size may be supported thereon. A horizontal disk, g, is arranged at the top of the'pivot-bracket b e, said disk serving to support a4 vessel before it is placed on the fire, or after it is removed therefrom, andv may serve to keep one dish warm while the other is being cooked. By folding up the parts b e of the supporting-bracket land swinging the entire device with the rod a on the axis of the latter the attachment is moved out of the way, but always within reach for use.

The devieeis of special utility in thoseparts of the country in which open fire-places are used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of an open fire-place, a vertical rod turning in socket-bearings attached to one side of the fire-place, a crane or bracket consisting of two folding horizontal arms, b e, having sleeves b b, and provided with a set-screw for adjusting the height of said crane, the ring f,at the outer end of said crane for supporting a cooking-utensil, and the disk g, attached to said crane for supporting articles to be warmed, substantially as described. f In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH KOTZUIWI; Vitnesses: l

OHAs. E. SCHMIDT, E. S. Davis. 

